Several Animals’ Angels teams are on the road this week in the Netherlands and in Great Britain. Cows are transported to Great Britain by a Dutch carrier several times per month. The animals are young “diary” cows and pregnant heifers. Animals’ Angels follows and inspects two transporters, which are carrying heifers from Germany via the Netherlands, England and Scotland to Northern Ireland. The ferry crossing from Holland to England already takes 11 hours.
“Diary” cows are regularly taken to England on this ferry route. During the ferry crossing it is impossible to milk the cows and look after them appropriately. The cows on these transporters have only recently given birth to their first calf. Therefore their bodies produce a lot of milk. Not milking them regularly leads to great pain. Animals’ Angels already is in touch with the Dutch authorities and is demanding an immediate ban of transporting “diary” cows on the ferry route to Great Britain. Moreover we will continue to campaign in Brussels for a comprehensive ban of long-distance transports of lactating cows.
